Airborne Mission System Integrates Rhotheta Radio Direction Finder Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – A radio direction finder (DF) supplied by Rhotheta International, Inc. will be a key sensor in an integrated airborne mission suite installed in a new Airbus H125 helicopter for the Texas Department of Public Safety (TX DPS). Capable of homing in on the
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Radio Direction Finding: An Essential Tool for Search and Rescue When you call 911 from a cell phone on land, the dispatcher can usually determine your location in just a few seconds between your phone’s internal GPS and the location information available from the cellular network. However, this is not necessarily the case when a
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RHOTHETA RDF TECHNOLOGY – EESENTIAL FOR THE MISSION When RHOTHETA International, a radio direction finding (RDF) and location systems developer, started operations in 1989, its specialty was air traffic control (ATC) products. Its initial development was the RT-1000 direction finder system for ATC and vessel traffic services applications, which proved a winner with over 100
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Radio Direction Finding for Man Overboard Recovery and Safety When you call 911 from a cell phone on land, the dispatcher can usually determine your location in just a few seconds between your phone’s internal GPS and the location information available from the cellular network. However, this is not necessarily the case when a mariner
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RHOTHETA introduces ARINC 429 for RT-600 Airborne Direction Finder The ARINC 429 interface is added in response to demands from OEMs, completion centers, and operators worldwide For 20+ years the RHOTHETA RT-600 wideband airborne direction finder (DF) has been integrated via RS232 serial interface protocol with mission management systems developed by Churchill Navigation™, AeroComputers™, CarteNav™,
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Iceland is first nation to use Hermes 900 maritime patrol with the RHOTHETA RT-600 airborne DF Hermes 900 maritime patrol configuration includes the RHOTHETA RT-600 airborne wideband radio direction finder (RDF) Iceland has become the first country in Europe to deploy Elbit Systems’ Hermes 900 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) maritime patrol services. Icelandic’s maritime authorities
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